Scraper for ice-cream dishers



C. O. MOOK scRAPER Fok 10E CREAM 'DIsHERs May 1, 192s. 1,667,734

Filed Deo. 24, 1925 Patented May l, 1928.

j UNITED. STATES PATENT *.oFFice..

CHARLES o. Moox, voExANsas CrTYQMIssoURI, AssIGNoR 'ro THE elncms'r'com- PANY, orl NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION' or vNEW JERSEY. n v

scRAPER FoR I`CE-CREA`M DIsHERs.

appucarion'mea December 24, i925.- seril No'. 741,448.

The invention relates to devices for scraping .excess material from dishers. In the` `use of ice-cream dishers, it is sometimes de` sired to scrape the excess from the bowl so that a. substantially uniform quantityv will be served. 1t has heretofore .been proposed to use ablade to sweep across the mouthnot' the bowlv for this purpose, and the object .of the present Vinvention is to provide, animproved device which is adapted to be attached to an ice-cream disher of usual con# struct-ion and which may, itdesired, be removedl in event thatit is desired to use the disher wit-hout the blade. Another objectof "i the invention is-to make it possible. to make Aan attachment which may be. sold `separately from the disher andy applied thereto bythe user.

The invention ,consists in the several novel features. hereinafter set forthv and more particularly defined ybyclaims at the conclusion hereof.' f I l In the drawings: Fig'. 1 is a. plan of an ice-cream disher equipped with. lthe invention(V Fig. 2 is a. side elevation. Fig. ,3 is a perspective of the support yfor the blade and its loperating'mechanism, separated from the disher. of Fig. 2. y y

rlhe invention is exemplified vin connection with an ice-cream disher of the formr shown in Letters Patent of the United States No.' 1,132,657, .dated March 23, 1915, which comprises a. bowl 4; a shank 5 rigidly secured to the bowl and provided with a handle G; a shaft 7 extending longitudinally of and overlying the shank and kfixed to a scraper 8 adapted to sever the ice-cream from the bowl so that it may be discharged from the bowl; a finger operable lever 9 pivoted at 10 to the shank and provided with a rack 11; and a pinion 12 operated by the rack to rotate the scraper in the bowl. The lever is retracted by a spring 13 housed between the lever and the. shank, as well understood in the art. 'A clip 14'holds the outer end of the shaftagainst displacement from the bowl. The scraper shaftvand the pinion are removable from the bowl for cleaning purposes, as more fully pointed' to tit against the sides of the` shank 5 andV Fig. a is a section on line l-a y vare adapted 4to ybe rigidly and fixediv clamped to the shank by a scrcwf1'9 which extends through said ymembers above the shank and ascrew which passes through lugs 21 on said members respectively. A blade 22 vis pivoted at 23 to the supporting member `15 and is adapted to sweep across the' mouth ofthe bowl to sever any excess ofv material from the mass in thev bowl, so that the bowl .will uniformly loaded in serving. 1A lever 24. is pivoted onV a stud 25 which is screwed into member 15 and comprises a finger. piece 26 ladapted to kbe operated by the thumb of thehand of the operator which `grasps the handle 6 and an arm 27. Said arm has pivoted thereto `at 27 a link 28 whichis pivotedat 28a' .torthe blade 22. By` pushing thelinger piece '26 to the left, lever 24 will operate link- 28 to swing Ythe blade 24y across the Vmouth of theV bowl and severA the excess material/.from that in the bowl.

Lever 24*` is retracted vr by a spring 29 which isv coiled around stud 25 and is housed in a socket orrecess formed in lever 24. Y The rearward movement of ,blade-22 is limited by a pin 30-whichvissecuredin member' `15 and is adapted to engage the rear edge of' theblade. .'Mem'ber 16 is provided with an integral lug 1'6l which has r,asubstantially flat surface which is ldisposed on approximately the' same plane as the outer edge of bowl 4. This flat surface forms a guide for blade 22 as it sweeps adjacentthe outer edge of the bowl or therefrom. o n j The invention exemplifies a construction in which the support for the blade is removably clamped to the shank of the disher, so that itmay be separately. manufactured and applied .to ice-cream dishers of existing constructions or removed therefrom when its use 1s not deslred. f,

The invention is not to be understood asv .restricted to the 'details set forth, since these -spirit and scope of the invention.'

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new andy desire Vto secure by LettersvPatent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of `a blade for scraping excessnmaterial from a diSher-bowl, a support on whichthe blade is mounted, means mounted on the support to operate the .blade across the bowl, and means for removably clamping the support to the disher.

2. In a device ot the character deecribed, the combination oil a `blade tor scraping;` excess material il'rom a disher-bowl, a support crnnprising,` a pair of members, on one ot which the blade is pivotally mounted, a lever pivoted on the support vand operatively connected to the blade, and means for clamping' the members together to secure the Support to the disher.

The combination with` an ice-cream dislier comn'isinc` a bowl, a shank on the bowl,`a ecraper movably mounted in the bowl and a lever pivoted to the shank and operatively connected to the scraper, of a support removably Secured to tbe shank, and a blade :for scraping,` excess material trom tlie'bowl pivotally mounted on the eupport and operativeto Sweep across the mouth ol the bowl.

4l. The combination with an icecream disher comprising a bowl, a Shank on the bowl, a Scraper movably mountel'l in tbe bowl and a lever pivoted to the ebanlr and operatively connected to the scraper, ot a support removably Secured to the shank, a, blade tor scrapingexcess material from the bowl mounted on the support, and a lever pivotally*connected to the blade andriounted on the support. i

The combination with an icefercam disller coinprieing;` a bowl, a shank on the bowl, a scraper rotatable in the bowl, a Scraper-shaft extending lengthwise ot the shank and a leverpivoted 'to the shank and operatively connected tov the scraper-shalt, of a Support, 'a blade ttor ecrapincT ecees material 'from the bowl, mounted on the eupport, and means for removably clamping' the support to the shank.

6. The combination with an vice-cream dieher comprising` a bowl, a shank on the bowl, a scraper rotatable in the bowl, a scraper-shaft extending' lengthwise of the shank and a lever pivoted to the shank and operatively connected to the scraperehafn elfi ot a. Support, a blade for scraping excess material from the bowl, mounted on the support, and means for removably clamping the `eupport to the shank, said blade being mounted to Swing over the shaft. v

7. The combination with an ice-cream dieher comprising a' bowl, a shank on'the bowl, a scraper rotatable in the bowl, a ecrapenehatt extending,` lengthwise of the Shank and lever pivoted-to nthe shank and operatively connected to the'scraper-shaft,rv

of a support, a blade -for scraping excese material troni the bowl, mounted on --tbe support, a lever forvopera-ting the blade pi voted to said support, andrmeanstor removably clamping the ysupport to the Shank.

to Said Support, and means for lremovably i clamping,` the Support to the Shank, said blade being' mounted to swiney over the shaft.

Signed at Kansas City,l Missouri, this 21 day oi December, `1925. f

CHARLES o. Mooie 

